Overview
- Multiple petitions filed in a Karachi sessions court seek registration of a murder case and FIRs against Mayor Murtaza Wahab and other civic officials, including KWSC leadership and a town chairman.
- The pleas request an SP‑rank officer to oversee an impartial probe and legal protection for the family, with the court set to review the applications in the coming days.
- Ibrahim, 3, fell into an uncovered manhole near the Nipa Flyover late Sunday, and his body was found downstream roughly 14–15 hours later after residents hired heavy machinery.
- Rescue teams reported delays due to missing equipment, sewerage maps and absent officials, while residents blocked roads at Nipa Chowrangi and some media vehicles were damaged during protests.
- Opposition lawmakers in the Sindh Assembly demanded the mayor’s resignation as the government announced inquiries and vowed action over what a senior minister termed criminal negligence.